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I am 68 and just had EMFACE done. I have two gold crowns side by side on the lower left side of my teeth. 20 minutes after the procedure, the eye area of my left upper forehead, above my ear on the left side of my head and slightly behind my head on the left side, had some stinging pain. Still there today (24 hours later) but not as painful. The tech put “bubblegum” on my cap to cover the metal. doesn’t want me to continue Is this procedure safe with gold metal crowns?
Thanks for writing in as it inspired me to write a new post on how to deal with complications from procedures. Not to mention the ones I recently had with the ellacor® Micro-Coring™ procedure. 🙁 Pics are at Dr Brandith_Skin on Instagram.
Did they tell you that mface has a temporary effect with the initial series and then requires long term maintenance? Does the “tech”, or hopefully an RN, setting you up for the procedure understand that you have gold and not porcelain crowns?
Whenever there is a “grounding pad” and mFace has one, radiofrequency (RF) is transmitted between your face (or whatever treatment area) and that grounding pad. As energy passes through the metal, it heats it. The pain you were experiencing was nerve pain because the gold crown got too hot. The other problem with this… is that the heat can soften the glue used to secure the crown, and then the crown can become unstable! Until you get the OK from your dentist, I would vote “no” for anyone on this procedure with metal in their crowns or metal in your jawbone., Please make sure your dentist really understands that RF is heating metal crowns. Many dentists do not have time to follow this technique.
Tips for dealing with beauty and skin procedure complications (1-5)
- Be sure to call your dermatologist or other provider right away to report a problem. It’s fine to leave the VM if you can’t, but make sure you get feedback. Whether or not to continue with this clinic is part of your decision.
- If the problem involves another body part, call your provider for that area and report the problem. For example, for your teeth, call your dentist. If it is a severe (not mild) headache that is not in your usual pattern, call your primary care or neurologist, etc.
- If it is truly an emergency, go to the ER or acute care center. Sometimes there are genuine skin emergencies such as severe infections and allergic reactions to medications.
- When you are signing the consent form, if the person “coming in” cannot answer the questions, ask that person to find someone who can answer them. We all need to be good advocates for ourselves and our health.
- If you are really not comfortable that your provider is not knowledgeable, it may be best to please state this and tell the person you will be scheduling for another day. This does not apply if you are just nervous before the appointment or did not take your reading of the information seriously.
hope this helps,
Brandith Irwin, MD, FAAD
founder of skintour
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